Revision as of 11:53, 29 October 2008

April 3, 2008
I hope that I've been successful in moving earlier discussion pertaining to the 2007-2008 NCVC to a past Notable Children's Videos committee work page--- because it's time to get going on our 2008-2009 record-keeping, consideration, and discussion!
To date, I have received 14 videos for consideration. I will build a table here to keep an ongoing inventory of receipts, which will, naturally, be arranged chronologically. This will provide committee members, would-be committee members, producers, and ALSC a means of tracking the flow and distribution of submissions to the Notable Children's Videos Committee. Please bear with me as I attempt to organize our information to make our wiki page as functional as possible.
~ Kathy

May 21, 2008
Greetings! See that blue link (2007-2008 Notable Children's Videos committee work)? That's where you can go to review the work of our committee last year. Thank you, thank you, thank you to magician Jenny Najduch in Chicago for all her help making that work!
As we expect, submissions at this time of year are rather light . . . just around 15 thus far, and some of those are Human Relations Media pieces (copyright 2008) that we received WAY in advance and have held for consideration during the 2009 Committee cycle. Since I haven't been glued to the video screen, I've taken some time to enter NCVC reviews on amazon.com and bn.com for the few titles from our 2008 NCVC list that are currently available. Believe it or not, amazon lists only 5 of our selections, and bn only 1! I'll keep checking back to enter glowing remarks (a/k/a our annotations) on materials as they appear. The reviews I have sent need to be vetted and probably won't appear until next week, but look at Finding Daddy; Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Andy Warhol; I Hate English!; Jump In!; and Just Yell Fire to see how our endorsements look. Remarks? Suggestions? Edits? Just let me know.
Have a glorious Memorial Day weekend, everyone!
~ Kathy

June 3, 2008
Our meeting in Anaheim is scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2008, from 1:30 - 5:30 pm at the Disneyland Hotel, (room) Wonder D. I will be sending you a copy of my Pre-Conference Report and Agenda via email within the next few days.
~ Kathy

June 10, 2008
Here goes nothing! I'm going to attempt to insert a simple table here so that we and others are able to keep track of our submissions to date. Please bear with me - I'll work on the cosmetics once I get the information in place. I hope to be able to keep this table in position at the bottom of the wiki page.
~ Kathy

August 26, 2008
Now, while things are quiet and before we receive the bulk of our year's submissions, is a good time to view (or re-view) any of the 29 productions received so far that you've missed. This will also help with moving those Human Relations Media pieces through the group - we'll be really happy - and we'll have much more time - in Denver if we've done that watching before we get there!
~Kathy

September 23, 2008
Happy Fall! I hope all your viewing goes well --- please don't hesitate to be in touch if you have questions regarding eligibility, play quality, accessibility, etc. Something to keep in mind: If a DVD seems not to "read" well in one device, please try it in another. Sometimes it's simply a matter of the player --- but sometimes not.
~ Kathy

October 24, 2008
Today's the day - Preliminary Ballot 1 has been sent out to the 2009 Committee for our initial assessment of the materials received to date! Committee members have been asked to select one of the following options for each title received:
YES (the production is, to your way of thinking, Notable and belongs on our list)
NO (the production does not meet your standards for a Notable DVD and should not be on our list)
MAYBE (you’re unsure about the material and/or would like to reserve judgment)
Not Rec’d (you have not received the material)
Not Viewed (you haven’t had a chance to view and evaluate the material).
This will give us a chance to see where we have consensus, where we have holes in our viewing, and how we should each plan our viewing between now and January.
~ Kathy